For an Indian Screen + 

Clutching at trees and clawing rocks + 

And panting and climbing + 

Until he reached the top + 

A tiger in India + 

Surmounted a cliff one day + 

When the hunters were behind him + 

And his lair was far away. + 

A black and golden tiger + 

Climbed a red cliff’s side + 

And men in black and golden gowns + 

Sought the tiger’s hide. + 

O, splendid, supple animal: + 

Against the cliff’s red face: + 

A picture for an Indian screen + 

Woven in silks of subtle sheen + 

And broidered in yellow lace, + 

A picture for an Indian screen + 

As a prince’s gift to some ebony queen + 

In a far-off land like a fairy scene. + 